Book Durk for Speaking Engagements!
Durk is available for speaking engagements, seminars and personalized training all over the world!
Please email him directly durk@housekeepingst.com
You can also call him! 251-597-3230
Prior Speaking Engagements
October 15 - 18, 2017 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Presentation topics:
Managing a Housekeeping Department: The Toughest Job You Will Ever Love!
The Trifecta of Housekeeping : Green cleaning, Sub-contractors, and OSHA
Housekeeping Boot Camp Session
June 8, 2017 - Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals (VRHP) Housekeeping Seminar - PDX Edition, Portland, OR
Presentation topics:
Microbes housekeepers encounter
Housekeepers owning the brand
Cleaning Process
Checking for bed bugs
June 7, 2017 - VRM IntelLive, Portland, OR
Presentation topic - Managing Housekeeping Performance with Changing Guest Expectations
May 8 - 9, 2017 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Western Seminar, Anaheim, CA
Presentation topics:
Housekeeping the Foundation of Every Successful Company
The Logistics of Housekeeping
April 25, 2017 - Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals Annual Conference, Leavenworth, WA
Presentation topics:
Housekeeping Accountability
Housekeeping Basics - Organization, Rules, and Regs
Microbes - The Good, The Bad, and The Scary
Starting Your Own Laundry and Purchasing Laundry
March 27 - 28, 2017 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Eastern Seminar, Savannah, GA
Presentation topics:
Housekeepers the Guardian of the Brand
Q&A about Housekeeping Challenges
February 23, 2017 - Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals (VRHP) Housekeeping Seminar - OBX Edition, Kill Devil Hills, NC
Presentation topics:
Follow the Wall
Checking for Bed Bugs
Housekeeper Cleaning Kit
Providing Outstanding Customer Service
February 22, 2017 - VRM IntelLive, Kitty Hawk, NC
Presentation topics - Housekeeping Management
December 8, 2016 - Hawaii Life Conference, Oahu, HI
Presentation topics - Brining Order to the Chaos of Housekeeping
November 7 - 9, 2016 - Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals (VRHP) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Presentation topics:
Housekeeping Fundamentals: Follow the Wall, The Cleaning Process, and setting up piece rate
The first ever vacation rental housekeeping survey with Sue Jones, KLS Group
The science of laundry chemicals
Product Demonstration
October 26, 2016 - VRM IntelLive, Wilmington, NC
Presentation topic - Measuring Housekeeping and Maintenance Performance
October 16 - 19, 2016 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ
Presentation topics:
Housekeeping Basics
Washing the Truth out of Your Laundry
Housekeeping Boot Camp Session
May 9 - 10, 2016 - VRMAWA Annual Conference, Leavenworth, WA
Presentation topics:
Black light demonstration
Follow the Wall
The Cleaning Process
Product demonstration
April 25 - 26, 2016 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Eastern Seminar, Atlanta, GA
Presentation topics:
Maintenance and Housekeeping Responsibilities and how they work together
Creating a Housekeeping and Maintenance Training Program
April 4 - 5, 2016 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Western Seminar, Denver, CO
Presentation topics:
Maintenance and Housekeeping Responsibilities and how they work together
Subcontracting Housekeeping
Creating a Housekeeping and Maintenance Training Program
March 7 - 8, 2016 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) European Seminar, Barcelona, Spain
Presentation topics - Housekeeping Basics
February 24, 2016 - Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals (VRHP) Housekeeping Seminar - OBX Edition, Kill Devil Hills, NC
Presentation topics:
Knowing the Enemy
Specialty Chemicals
Inspection Kit
I Make a Difference/Memory Makers
November 10, 2015 - Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals, Orlando, FL
Presentations Topics:
Linen Life Expectancy and Different Types of Linens
Laundry Machine Sizing and Terminology
Product Presentation
October 27, 2015 - Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
Presentation topics:
Housekeeping Basics
Laundry: Pressing Profits Out of the Wash (panel participant)
Paying Housekeepers on the Piece Rate System
Housekeeping Boot Camp Session